Constituency
155. Kulithalai
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1977
TN-KULITHALAI
INC 33.6%won by 9.5%AIADMK 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 33.6% of the vote here (+33.6%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 24.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
80,505
Margin
7,647
9.50%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1P.E. SRINIVASA REDDIARIndian National Congress · INC27,04333.6%
- 2S. RASUAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK19,39624.1%
- 3K.V. MUTHUSAMYDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK18,58123.1%
- 4C. JOHN BRITTOJanata Party · JNP14,64218.2%
- 5M.S> ROYAPPANIndependent · IND8431.0%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +9.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 33.6%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —